Ann Blackman
Auteur van Wild Rose: The True Story of a Civil War Spy
Over de Auteur
She has worked at Time for 15 years & spent three years as the magazine's correspondent in Moscow. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1946-02-22
- Geslacht
- female
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Bogota, New Jersey, USA
Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
Washington, District of Columbia, USA - Opleiding
- Colby Junior College
Sorbonne
University of Connecticut
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 4
- Leden
- 182
- Populariteit
- #118,785
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 10
Rose was a well-educated woman of high society, using her intelligence at a time when women were looked down on for an interest in politics. She was a staunch supporter of slavery and made sure everyone knew her opinion. Wild Rose tells of how Rose comes to these beliefs. Through her spying right in the heart of Washington D.C., society, she was able to provide information to the South that changed the outcome of some battles of the war in the south's favor. With her information about military information on the North, she used couriers that brought the information to the Confederate generals. After being caught and exiled to the South, President Jefferson Davis then sent her to England & France, in the hopes Rose could convince them of helping the Confederacy. While in Europe, she wrote her memoir, which became a best-seller in Europe. The royalties from her book ended up being the downfall of Rose, keeping her money around her neck by a chain. She drowned while trying to escape from a blockade in Wilmington, North Carolina when her lifeboat overturned in the water.
I found this book very informative & a great read. Would recommend to anyone interested in Civil War or women's history, but I think anyone a fan of history would enjoy the book. I gave it only four stars because I wished that the author Ann Blackman would have written the book in chronological order.… (meer)